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he spent a lot of time in north carolina and florida. i am surprised he didn't spend more time in the state of georgia, a state that is under certain scenarios, all of the growth when you look at the census, the african-american and hispanic growth in the state of georgia. there's a lot of things he could have done differently, when it comes to building different and better coalitions in washington, finding his own versions of moderate republicans to come with him. the question is, did he learn lessons if he wins a second term? and maybe are there better ways of building coalitions outside of washington, trying to go to certain places and certain states and trying to overperform in certain states. >> if he wins on tuesday night, he was able to get support because of things he did, killing bin laden, helping out hispanic kids brought to this country at an early age, these are things he did, the thing he did with governor christie the other day, these are actual doing things. >> i think the lesson is, if he wins one of the top two or three
he spent a lot of time in north carolina and florida. i am surprised he didn't spend more time in the state of georgia, a state that is under certain scenarios, all of the growth when you look at the census, the african-american and hispanic growth in the state of georgia. there's a lot of things he could have done differently, when it comes to building different and better coalitions in washington, finding his own versions of moderate republicans to come with him. the question is, did he learn...
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but now virginia is going to the tstanding races in nevada and florida. i'm stunned by that virginia result. i knew we knew it was close. i knew chuck told us it was possible. >> yeah. you know who won the election? nate silver. with all those people telling him, oh this is crazy it's not going to be this close. >> did you see prediction? through the roof. he may as well beat those tonight. >> one other thing is it's been a very very big night for women. we've got some amazing numbers out of the senate, even with a few senate races yet to be called. andparticular state amazon for lack of a better term. we'll have that and those details for you ahead when we come back. msnbc's live coverage of thential election night continues. 3v obama winning a second term. we heard a greashs concession speech from mitt romney.=r we heard a long and victory speech from president obama, but the races being decided right now. i want to take you to the senate in terms of what's going on in the senate. we have three races in the senate still too close to call. the republican
but now virginia is going to the tstanding races in nevada and florida. i'm stunned by that virginia result. i knew we knew it was close. i knew chuck told us it was possible. >> yeah. you know who won the election? nate silver. with all those people telling him, oh this is crazy it's not going to be this close. >> did you see prediction? through the roof. he may as well beat those tonight. >> one other thing is it's been a very very big night for women. we've got some amazing...
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only 45% but a growing slice of the population in those growing suburbs that matter and the state of florida. 17%. some of those cubans are more conservative. if the republican party doesn't deal with that issue it risks a very dramatic change in the party. >> we're getting ready to hear the president of the united states deliver his victory speech. he's opinion reelebeen reelected term. we'll have live coverage. we want to see all of what's going on. the excitement there at obama's campaign headquarters. let's go back to anderson. >> historic moment. you'll want to see that live with your families. let's talk about what john king was just mentioning. extraordinary to think about george w. bush getting 44% of the latino vote. what a difference a couple of years make. >> it wasn't because he spoke broken spanish. it was because he tried. he talked in the correct tone. he tried. i would tell you that mitt romney lost this race in the republican primary. he self-deported from the white house. he did not have to. it's time to start having this conversation. we cannot pretend that some of the thi
only 45% but a growing slice of the population in those growing suburbs that matter and the state of florida. 17%. some of those cubans are more conservative. if the republican party doesn't deal with that issue it risks a very dramatic change in the party. >> we're getting ready to hear the president of the united states deliver his victory speech. he's opinion reelebeen reelected term. we'll have live coverage. we want to see all of what's going on. the excitement there at obama's...
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in some places in florida, the ballots were 12 pages long. another big factor was the decision by some states to cut back the number of early voting days. some state legislatures rammed through voter id laws requiring people to show photo ids, fill out affidavits and other forms. plenty of people had no trouble and there's no indication that any of this tilted the outcome of the election. there's little doubt it's messy, unwieldy different in every state. >> how do you fix this? >> it would be difficult to fix it by having one system. the states have primary authority for conducting elections and some of that pass that authority down to the counties and give them leeway in implementation. and it would be extremely challenging because each state has its own traditions, its own culture. >> there is no one big fix to any of this. after the 2000 florida recount, the federal governmental located some money to try and improve things and created an agency called the election assistance commission. the problem with that body is that it doesn't work v
in some places in florida, the ballots were 12 pages long. another big factor was the decision by some states to cut back the number of early voting days. some state legislatures rammed through voter id laws requiring people to show photo ids, fill out affidavits and other forms. plenty of people had no trouble and there's no indication that any of this tilted the outcome of the election. there's little doubt it's messy, unwieldy different in every state. >> how do you fix this? >>...
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has to start in florida. governor romney need these 29. without them, almost impossible to see him getting there. we lean north carolina his way, he has to keep it the obama campaign says that is not his way. he needs to keep it and match it by getting neighboring virginia, one of the states the president changed to blue last time, 13 there if he does that and he can get ohio, no republican has ever won without it governor romney win with those four, florida, keep north carolina, virginia and ohio, look at that, then he would need just any one, pick one off the menu, win colorado, new hamp hampshire, woe win the election. as you know, the president, romney campaign says it has an enthusiasm edge here, the president had an edge most of the polls in ohio. try to create a scenario asking this question, can governor romney get there without ohio? no republican has ever done it in history, wolf. we have to win colorado. we have to win wisconsin. probably have to win iowa, that would get him over the top if he can do those three, so hard to see
has to start in florida. governor romney need these 29. without them, almost impossible to see him getting there. we lean north carolina his way, he has to keep it the obama campaign says that is not his way. he needs to keep it and match it by getting neighboring virginia, one of the states the president changed to blue last time, 13 there if he does that and he can get ohio, no republican has ever won without it governor romney win with those four, florida, keep north carolina, virginia and...
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he said just over 500 votes decide an election in florida in the year 2000. going to be even closer this year. and so that is a theme we've heard from the campaign repeatedly, invoking the memories of the year 2000. that's just how energized or how much emphasis they're putting on each person to make sure they are obliged to not only vote but make their friends vote, too, don. >> oh, yes, indeed. and, jess, you can feel it building, that it is close. the feeling is out there. and you can hear it in voters' voices when they talk to you. let's just get this election over. of course, they want their candidate to win, but they want it to be over. it looks like where you are, the people are enthusiastic about the president and the message. >> reporter: oh, yes. this is a very pro-obama crowd. i spoke to a number of people here who say that they are not only -- they are volunteers who go around two or three days a week, knocking on doors. some of them have flown in from other states, a very few. those who live here say they are inundated day and night with phone ca
he said just over 500 votes decide an election in florida in the year 2000. going to be even closer this year. and so that is a theme we've heard from the campaign repeatedly, invoking the memories of the year 2000. that's just how energized or how much emphasis they're putting on each person to make sure they are obliged to not only vote but make their friends vote, too, don. >> oh, yes, indeed. and, jess, you can feel it building, that it is close. the feeling is out there. and you can...
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like nevada, like colorado, like florida. so i think they should be very worried when it comes to these battleground states, and even in ohio, where you have 166,000 registered latino voters going out to the polls, and an election this tight, they could absolutely be the deciding factor. i think it's going to be the october surprise of this election. >> i thought we already had one of those. >> early november. >> let me ask you, because we were asking our viewers before the break, if you could run the campaign in the last three days, what would you do if you have the reins of the campaign. if you were in charge of the romney campaign, anna, what would you do at this point? >> i think exactly what they are doing. they're having big rallies. showing a great deal of republican unity. they're showing a great deal of momentum. they've got over a hundred of the top republican surrogates out there fanning around the country, going to the swing states. so you've got to get your base out at this point. pretty mu there are very few und
like nevada, like colorado, like florida. so i think they should be very worried when it comes to these battleground states, and even in ohio, where you have 166,000 registered latino voters going out to the polls, and an election this tight, they could absolutely be the deciding factor. i think it's going to be the october surprise of this election. >> i thought we already had one of those. >> early november. >> let me ask you, because we were asking our viewers before the...
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this is florida, you see a lot of visits here. you break it down by candidate, where is the president, this is the i-4 corridor. where most of the independents are. this is an area i know ari fleischer is interested in. the question is, the democrats will win the southernmost counties. will the jewish vote be less? will the president get less because of the dustup with governor romney and israel in the campaign. you won't see the president out here. this is the most conservative republican part of the state. that's to turn up the republican base. you see them both competing here in the i-4 corridor, where you find independents. vice president and paul ryan, i'll pull out the map as we close the conversation. that's just paul ryan, that's just vice president biden, that's governor romney. and that's president obama. notice the pattern, in the last couple weeks, this is the last two weeks. the last two weeks of this campaign, about nine states have gotten the attention, the rest of you just get to watch. >> thanks very much. we're a
this is florida, you see a lot of visits here. you break it down by candidate, where is the president, this is the i-4 corridor. where most of the independents are. this is an area i know ari fleischer is interested in. the question is, the democrats will win the southernmost counties. will the jewish vote be less? will the president get less because of the dustup with governor romney and israel in the campaign. you won't see the president out here. this is the most conservative republican part...
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he said virginia and florida would be tough, as well. did you notice the discordance on the right wing of getting along with the other side? on the one hand, the romney is saying we should get along with the other side saying he could work with a republican congress. of course he can, he's a republican. then you have rupert murdoch trashing the governor of new jersey for the same thing, working with the other side. the times of london endorsed obama, so what's going on with rupert murdoch in this thing? >> i've been shocked how much the christie -- the photos of christie and obama has shaken the republican party. he says look, i think you should be able to compliment the president of the united states when he does a good job. are you surprised that the republicans have been so transparent how shaken they've been by chris christie? >> somebody in the romney camp is so angry at governor christie that they're leaking out the word that the reason he worked on hurricane relief with the president, as if he needed some other motive, is because
he said virginia and florida would be tough, as well. did you notice the discordance on the right wing of getting along with the other side? on the one hand, the romney is saying we should get along with the other side saying he could work with a republican congress. of course he can, he's a republican. then you have rupert murdoch trashing the governor of new jersey for the same thing, working with the other side. the times of london endorsed obama, so what's going on with rupert murdoch in...
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>> there are three big states: ohio, florida, and virginia. ohio being number one. i think florida is a republican state with 29 electoral votes and that is why they spent with ohio as 18 and that is why they have gone after the 13 electoral votes in virginia. hadn't gone democratic since 1964. linden banees johnson wanted it. sixty% he got in northern virginia. the bellweather counties or prince william and low den. he got 58% in prince william, in 2009, the republican mcdonald did very well in the southwest. the democrats are getting clobbered in cold country and they have to concentrate in getting out the african- american vote, which is very large, the same level of enthusiasm. i heard of all of the state battleground polls, this is a tie. it's going to be contested to the end. >> when you look at both of these campaigns tonight, the barack obama and mitt romney facades, when the staffers go to bed tonight, what is the biggest concern for obama and romney? >> the biggest concern for obama is independent voters neither democrats or republicans. romney was way ahe
>> there are three big states: ohio, florida, and virginia. ohio being number one. i think florida is a republican state with 29 electoral votes and that is why they spent with ohio as 18 and that is why they have gone after the 13 electoral votes in virginia. hadn't gone democratic since 1964. linden banees johnson wanted it. sixty% he got in northern virginia. the bellweather counties or prince william and low den. he got 58% in prince william, in 2009, the republican mcdonald did very...
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florida very big, and also a tight vote. and we are still seeing pictures of long, long line-ups today. we have some lines where there are 400 people. we have reports of people waiting seven to eight hours in line and then turning away because they've changed the voting system there. the -- >> turning away after seven or eight hours? >> turning away at some point in that thing. i think if you are there seven hours, you might as well wait for the last hour. you remember, obviously, you covered it 537 votes decided the presidential election last time. in these three counties in southern florida where about one-third of the voters are. they had 14 days normally will in advanced voting. the republican scrolled legislature reverse thad to eight days, and as a result you are seeing big line-ups. the good news is ohio and florida probably half of the voters have already cast their ballot. >> actually, being in those flood areas and talking to those folks there, do you get a sense that they really want to vote, that they are motivat
florida very big, and also a tight vote. and we are still seeing pictures of long, long line-ups today. we have some lines where there are 400 people. we have reports of people waiting seven to eight hours in line and then turning away because they've changed the voting system there. the -- >> turning away after seven or eight hours? >> turning away at some point in that thing. i think if you are there seven hours, you might as well wait for the last hour. you remember, obviously,...
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the state of florida, 90% of the time whoever wins florida goes on to win the white house. here's a break down of the demographics. 57% white voters in the state. hispanic voters, a large voting block. we have seen the senator out there trying to persuade these voters to go for his candidate mitt romney. we know immigration reform is important to latino community and also the economy. if you look in the state of florida, 8.7% unemployment right now, well above the national average. they have the second highest foreclosure rate. it will be interesting to see how these messages play out in both of these critical swing states in florida and ohio. >>> the social media world has been buzzing all day about the election and it's still picking up speed. we are keeping an eye on the trends. >> reporter: as you can imagine, i vote and election 2012 are among top trending hash tags. if you were brave enough to use them, there are a lot of people talking at once and it can be tough to sort through everything. 10million tweets related to the election. we've heard people talking about lo
the state of florida, 90% of the time whoever wins florida goes on to win the white house. here's a break down of the demographics. 57% white voters in the state. hispanic voters, a large voting block. we have seen the senator out there trying to persuade these voters to go for his candidate mitt romney. we know immigration reform is important to latino community and also the economy. if you look in the state of florida, 8.7% unemployment right now, well above the national average. they have...
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here he was in florida today. let's take a look. five stops down there. >> what president obama is saying, look at me, i'm always willing to work with republicans, i work with governor christie in new jersey on sandy. i tried to work with him on the budget. i tried to work with him on health care. and what they say is we'll work with the democrats if you put us in charge. now, that's the message, and you just have to decide whether you think that's a good message. >> there's bill out there. getting all the attention, but it's great. >> he's very popular in florida. i'll tell what you else, bloomberg, he might as well also be the mayor of broward county. there are so many new yorkers who are dual residents. >> they still read "the new york post" because they think it's liberal. >> they still read "the new york post." florida has 22% independents, people who listen to bloomberg and clinton, and that fema thing i think is also going to hurt romney. >> when she was declared the victor, it was over. >> florida may be too far a bridge for
here he was in florida today. let's take a look. five stops down there. >> what president obama is saying, look at me, i'm always willing to work with republicans, i work with governor christie in new jersey on sandy. i tried to work with him on the budget. i tried to work with him on health care. and what they say is we'll work with the democrats if you put us in charge. now, that's the message, and you just have to decide whether you think that's a good message. >> there's bill...
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no problems like you're seeing in florida. and believe me, the poll watchers here, they were watching your show, wolf and saying if the folks in florida would like to come down here and see how it's done, come on down. let's talk about these provisional ballots. many of the viewers are saying what the heck is a provisional ballot? let's say your address doesn't match the address here at the precinct. let's say you applied for an absentee ballot, but you don't fill it out. you would have to fill out a provisional ballot and they would be set aside until it was determined it was a good vote. in elections past, poll workers pilled out all of this information for the voters. this year, the secretary of state said the individual voters should fill out the information. you know when there's a little tiny change in how you vote anywhere, people get confused. so there's a good chance, some say, that these provisional ballots will not be counted and thrown out and those voter's vote won't count. the other thing, as you know, wolf, thes
no problems like you're seeing in florida. and believe me, the poll watchers here, they were watching your show, wolf and saying if the folks in florida would like to come down here and see how it's done, come on down. let's talk about these provisional ballots. many of the viewers are saying what the heck is a provisional ballot? let's say your address doesn't match the address here at the precinct. let's say you applied for an absentee ballot, but you don't fill it out. you would have to fill...
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and in florida what you might expect, 60s, 70s. 80s for south florida. nothing out of the ordinary there either. >>> nothing out of the ordinary here. live weather cam. generally clear skies. 46. dew point in the mid 20s. winds light out of the north at 10. pressure rising. 30 .12 inches of mercury. satellite picture radar combined. this is our next noreaster. it's not one yet. but that will happen tuesday night. off the coast tuesday night. off the coast by wednesday. just light rain and showers. a few rumbles of thunder through southern sections of alabama. that will become our northerlyeaster into wednesday. right now clear skies and calm wind ands a pretty dry air mass. look for a cold night. temperatures in the 40s and 30s. 40 in fairfax. 43 in arlington and 43 in college park. freeze warning tonight. bring the plants in tonight. noreaster will develop and wednesday a storm could hit us in the afternoon. tonight, clear and cold, a one or two blanket night. winds out of the northeast at 10. freeze warning in affect for the entire metro area. that wil
and in florida what you might expect, 60s, 70s. 80s for south florida. nothing out of the ordinary there either. >>> nothing out of the ordinary here. live weather cam. generally clear skies. 46. dew point in the mid 20s. winds light out of the north at 10. pressure rising. 30 .12 inches of mercury. satellite picture radar combined. this is our next noreaster. it's not one yet. but that will happen tuesday night. off the coast tuesday night. off the coast by wednesday. just light rain...
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florida, virginia, iowa, nevada, ohio what i put him over the top. he did not get anywhere near the progression. there are a lot of things going pondweeds, but the most important thing is that republicans is that they need to do something about their brand. it is basically the center of the republican party is older, white men. that is not where this country is going. when you look at african- americans, latinos, the fastest- growing group, asian. and the obama got 71% or 72% of the asian vote. the future does not look like the republican party. if i were the republican party, they will have to do some real soul-searching about immigration, social and cultural issues, because this is not a party design for the future. if this were a business, you would say they have an inherently flawed business model for the future. the republican party, they have four years they need because they are coming out for some candidates that are awfully exotic. [laughter] my wife got me to stop using the term "wacko." not only do they take themselves down, but they defin
florida, virginia, iowa, nevada, ohio what i put him over the top. he did not get anywhere near the progression. there are a lot of things going pondweeds, but the most important thing is that republicans is that they need to do something about their brand. it is basically the center of the republican party is older, white men. that is not where this country is going. when you look at african- americans, latinos, the fastest- growing group, asian. and the obama got 71% or 72% of the asian vote....
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first before anything is florida. if obama wins florida-- and i agree with the consensus here that it tilts to romney-- if obama wins florida it's game, set, match. the other guy can't win. but apart from that i want to look at first of all -- i want to look at this profile. i want to see what the latino vote is, how big it is. i want to see how the youth vote compares to last time. my guess is some issues we thought would be big a couple months ago like medicare haven't been big at all and i want to see again mark mentioned those places earlier. ohio is a fascinating place because it's so diverse. and the valley as nothing in common with hamilton county yet they'll both be critical in different ways so it will be a fascinating election no matter what. >> rose: hamilton county is reflective of what? >> it's an incredibly diverse county. it's the home of the tafts. it was a reliable -- cincinnati was a reliable republican stronghold. it's become much more diverse. it has a large african american population, a latino po
first before anything is florida. if obama wins florida-- and i agree with the consensus here that it tilts to romney-- if obama wins florida it's game, set, match. the other guy can't win. but apart from that i want to look at first of all -- i want to look at this profile. i want to see what the latino vote is, how big it is. i want to see how the youth vote compares to last time. my guess is some issues we thought would be big a couple months ago like medicare haven't been big at all and i...
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we have crews up and down the streets from tampa, florida. this is the debris lester holt showed you. this is where we were standing until about three hours before sandy came in. then the surge took out a 350-foot dune. this restaurant is a total mess. one bit of good news today. airport cancellations, flight cancellations down. yesterday we had over 1700, today about 650. 90% of those are at newark, laguardia and jfk. no delays are reported. when you have 500 cancellations at newark, that would cut down on any backlog and delays. also brick township when this a mandatory evacuation in low-lying areas rescinds that at 3:00 p.m. only for the mainland areas. the barrier islands up and down the coast are off limits in jersey. better weather aahead, though, for you in new york city, tamron, and up and down the east coast and in hard-hit areaing this week end. a nice turn-around. >> it adds to just the strangeness of the weather that we've been experiencing or the range of weather that we've been experienci experiencing, mike. you know that better
we have crews up and down the streets from tampa, florida. this is the debris lester holt showed you. this is where we were standing until about three hours before sandy came in. then the surge took out a 350-foot dune. this restaurant is a total mess. one bit of good news today. airport cancellations, flight cancellations down. yesterday we had over 1700, today about 650. 90% of those are at newark, laguardia and jfk. no delays are reported. when you have 500 cancellations at newark, that...
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the florida democratic party has filed a request for a temporary restraining order against the florida secretary of state and three county election supervisors. they want an order saying it's okay to allow absentee voting to continue today because the lines in south florida were so incredibly long yesterday, which was supposed to be the last day of early voting. but here's the thing. democratic sources tell us that several counties, we don't know how many, including palm beach, hillsborough, orange, leon along with miami-dade and broward, already saying they're allowing absentee voting right now. so it looks like they're basically trying to get the court to go along with them in what looks like a work-around. the problem is the state legislature also revealed a number of early voting days and the secretary of state has already refused to extend them. so it could be a fight. >> oh, my goodness, this is two days before election day so it's already getting kind of hairy. thank you so much, joe johns. >>> we're expecting mitt romney to speak in cleveland any minute now. i'll bring that to
the florida democratic party has filed a request for a temporary restraining order against the florida secretary of state and three county election supervisors. they want an order saying it's okay to allow absentee voting to continue today because the lines in south florida were so incredibly long yesterday, which was supposed to be the last day of early voting. but here's the thing. democratic sources tell us that several counties, we don't know how many, including palm beach, hillsborough,...
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he's very popular in florida. i'll tell what you else, bloomberg, he might as well also be the mayor of broward county. there are so many new yorkers who are dual residents. >> they still read "the new york post" because they think it's liberal. >> they still read "the new york post." florida has 22% independents, people who listen to bloomberg and clinton, and that fema thing i think is also going to hurt romney. >> author think shift used to be, when she would delair the victory, it was over. >> florida may be too far a bridge for barack obama, but by putting bill clinton and all the things you mentioned, it means the romney campaign has to pay attention to it. >> let's talk about "the washington post" editorial today because it gets to the question of fouling. of breaking the rules and going -- basically saying things that even the totally independent people say is dishonest. here it is, quote, "washington post," through all the flip-flops there's been one consistency in the campaign of republican presidential
he's very popular in florida. i'll tell what you else, bloomberg, he might as well also be the mayor of broward county. there are so many new yorkers who are dual residents. >> they still read "the new york post" because they think it's liberal. >> they still read "the new york post." florida has 22% independents, people who listen to bloomberg and clinton, and that fema thing i think is also going to hurt romney. >> author think shift used to be, when she...
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here in florida 50,000. is this the way the republicans are going to try to win this election, katon? >> i don't think so. there's several things. the graphic artist wasn't very good, start with that. that's the first person to fire. did they break any laws is the first question. were any laws broken on the regulations? i don't think so. >> true vote break the laws. >> did they have the right do it, organize. yes. both sides are doing it. is this going to be a contested election. >> both sides aren't doing this. >> there's another element to this. they're being poorly trained. you see, one of the contests that we have to deal with is where they were actually going into one community where somalians, naturalized somalians voting and telling them they didn't vote because they didn't speak proper english and not knowing that under the voting rights act, you got section 203,s bilingual provisions. you have to stop that. even their own people are embarrassed because they're mistraining purposely i think and telli
here in florida 50,000. is this the way the republicans are going to try to win this election, katon? >> i don't think so. there's several things. the graphic artist wasn't very good, start with that. that's the first person to fire. did they break any laws is the first question. were any laws broken on the regulations? i don't think so. >> true vote break the laws. >> did they have the right do it, organize. yes. both sides are doing it. is this going to be a contested...
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were particularly on display late into the night in voter suppression states like virginia ohio and florida the media called the race just after eleven pm tuesday but it could have been much earlier in the night without these restrictions to voting in democratic air. he is plain and simple republicans have rigged an election system that makes it much easier for white republicans to vote and the president called them out on this in his victory speech tuesday night . i want to. participate in this lunch. whether you voted for the very first run. one of the very very low. by the way we have to fix. but there's an even bigger story from election night that we should consider as well and that's this well it was indeed a big night for democrats should have been even bigger they should have won back the majority in the house of representatives as well as legal reporter in mill hisor at think progress notes of the total votes cast and counted in u.s. house races around the nation democrats received more than a half million more votes than republicans despite all the voter suppression efforts in pen
were particularly on display late into the night in voter suppression states like virginia ohio and florida the media called the race just after eleven pm tuesday but it could have been much earlier in the night without these restrictions to voting in democratic air. he is plain and simple republicans have rigged an election system that makes it much easier for white republicans to vote and the president called them out on this in his victory speech tuesday night . i want to. participate in...
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continue to watch virginia and florida. neil: thank you. taking a look at the white house right now. the president is not there, but a lot of the folks are. a lot of them celebrating. that does look like it is the case. add to want to make too much at this point, this concern that the media might have called the ohio to orally. it is very close there. does this ring a bell? >> not yet. i'm going to press that. if, indeed, they want to rethink these things. human nature being what it is, we want to -- we do make miscalculations. the fact of the matter is, to hold in abeyance, probably not the worst thing. everyone seems to be having a good time. it will give us all a chance to have ruminate and it just and acclimatize ourselves to perhaps a new reality which is a reelection or at least what appears to be a reelection. neil: a want to bring you into this. let's say ohio is definite obama victory. he would still be over that 270 possibly negating the whole debate. with the popular fate -- the popular vote and electoral votes, it is to be weird
continue to watch virginia and florida. neil: thank you. taking a look at the white house right now. the president is not there, but a lot of the folks are. a lot of them celebrating. that does look like it is the case. add to want to make too much at this point, this concern that the media might have called the ohio to orally. it is very close there. does this ring a bell? >> not yet. i'm going to press that. if, indeed, they want to rethink these things. human nature being what it is,...
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we win florida, we win this election! >> well, in 2000 the election turned on the state of florida. in 2004 it was ohio that was the key. in 2008, virginia found itself in the center spotlight. collectively i've been calling them flohva. until florida our new poll has president obama up. ohio we still have the president holding his lead. 51% to 45%. and in a recent poll of likely voters in virginia, the president was up 2 points, a statistical tie and nbc news has it's own coming out tomorrow morning. look at the ad spending in these three states. noern half a billion collectively in the mega states of flohva. they're not just spending money there, they're spending time. the president will have visited the sunshine state 14 times, for mitt romney it's 16. president obama will have made 19 stops in ohio, governor romney will be there 21 times. so let's get to our special panel. adam smith is the political editor, chris booker, wcmh and larry sabado. larry, let me start with you. the state of virginia, last time it was the closest to the country, the national popular vote. it was the
we win florida, we win this election! >> well, in 2000 the election turned on the state of florida. in 2004 it was ohio that was the key. in 2008, virginia found itself in the center spotlight. collectively i've been calling them flohva. until florida our new poll has president obama up. ohio we still have the president holding his lead. 51% to 45%. and in a recent poll of likely voters in virginia, the president was up 2 points, a statistical tie and nbc news has it's own coming out...
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that also means third and at florida you will find a lot of activity. a roundabout way, they are wrapping up the construction. if you are near rte. 7 and gallows road. ridge road was closed each way. that is for on going utility repair. >> 4:11 right now. amtrak delivering service to the northeast corridor. they will operate modified service south of newark, new jersey today. they are hoping to restore limited service to new york city tomorrow. those who have already -- you can receive a refund or a voucher for future travel. >> city buses are starting to run again in new york. wednesday night people push their way onto a bus and headed over the queens borough bridge. the agency that runs public transport will offer free rides today and tomorrow. they are encouraging people to use mass transit instead of driving. 4:" right now and 41 degrees outside. >> the video that has gone by role. the presidential election >> welcome back. >> we were following a story out of college park, maryland. police say a robbery took place early this morning at the 7300 balt
that also means third and at florida you will find a lot of activity. a roundabout way, they are wrapping up the construction. if you are near rte. 7 and gallows road. ridge road was closed each way. that is for on going utility repair. >> 4:11 right now. amtrak delivering service to the northeast corridor. they will operate modified service south of newark, new jersey today. they are hoping to restore limited service to new york city tomorrow. those who have already -- you can receive a...